README.md

Skywalking Java Application Demo

This is a demo project for Skywalking Java agent, which shows how to use Skywalking Java agent in a Java application.

Pre-install

1. Install Skywalking Java agent

Download Skywalking Java agent from Skywalking official website, and unzip it.

wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/skywalking/java-agent/8.16.0/apache-skywalking-java-agent-8.16.0.tgz \
  && mkdir agent \
        && tar -zxvf apache-skywalking-java-agent-8.16.0.tgz -C ./agent --strip-components 1

2. Update Skywalking Java agent config

Update agent.config file in ./agent/config directory, and set collector.backend_service to your Skywalking OAP server address.

# Set service name
agent.service_name=${SW_AGENT_NAME:java-app}

# Set Skywalking OAP server address
collector.backend_service=${SW_AGENT_COLLECTOR_BACKEND_SERVICES:127.0.0.1:11800}

3. Update Skywalking Java agent JVM options

Add -javaagent option to your Java application.

How to run

1. Build the demo project

mvn clean package

2. Run the demo project

java \
-javaagent:./agent/skywalking-agent.jar \
-jar target/swapp-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

License

Apache 2.0 License.